Running on a similar track to the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) expansion project, the Sri Lanka Railways Department is making plans to construct an Internal Container Terminal (ICT) close to the commercial hub of Sri Lanka for the first time in the country’s history.
“We have already chosen Veyangoda, Ratmalana or Sapugaskanda to go ahead [...]
The Indian Railways recently signed an inter-governmental agreement on Trans Asian Railway Network (TARN). This agreement on TARN has been approved under the aegis of the United National Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP). This dream project is likely to cost about Rs 3,000 crore to the Indian Railways in particular.
According to Railway [...]
Much time and money is being devoted by the media to the subject of mishaps occurring at railway crossings.
Why are there barriers or warnings signs on the approach to railway lines? It is because the railway has priority over all other forms of traffic. A railway engine pulls hundreds of tons at speed and requires [...]
The residents of several areas in the Kurunegala district stressed the need to erect flyover bridges to prevent accidents at the railway level crossings.
The level crossings near the Polgahawela Railway station and at Mutthuwegala create obstructions to traffic on the Kurunegala –Kegalle road and Kurunegala –Dambulla road.
The promises of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and several ministers [...]
